Lecture: Backpacking Building Blocks (B3) Course
Essential Trip Planning Skills and Tools for Backpackers - Online Clinic - Online Classroom
ADVANCED TOPICS SEMINAR for B3 students who want to start planning their own trips - NOT REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION! This zoom-based clinic will introduce you to valuable information, skills and tools to help you find the best destination for your trip and develop a trip plan that will prepare you for a safe and successful adventure.
Contacts
- Tue, Apr 21, 2026
- Foothills Backpacking Committee
- Backpacking
- All Who Qualify, Adults
- Easy
- 20 (64 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 8:00 AM
- Sun, Apr 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
- iCal Google
At this zoom-based clinic backpackers will learn helpful tips, get exposed to handy online and digital tools and carry away some handy templates and skills to select a destination, get necessary information about topography, water, camps, access, seasonal trail conditions and weather, and develop a trip plan including transportation, gear, food, water and emergency alternatives. This seminar covers more advanced topics for students who feel ready to start planning their own backpack trips - NOT REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION!
This seminar will be held on zoom, and will begin promptly at 6:30PM, ending at approx 830PM. The link to join the seminar will be sent out a week before the session. A full-screen laptop or tablet are necessary to get the full value from the materials to be presented.
Required Equipment
Laptop